John Xxiii

Related Category: Roman Catholic Popes and Antipopes

antipope: see Cossa, Baldassare.

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Cossa, Baldassare - c.1370–1419, Neapolitan churchman, antipope which John convened under pressure from Sigismund. At the opening of the council he reluctantly promised (1415) to abdicate if his rivals would do so...